Corset-shaping machine



(No Model.)

S. H. ROSENBERG.

001mm SHAPING MACHINE.

No. 341.774. Patented May 11, 1886.

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SEYMOUR H. ROSENBERG, OF NE\V HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

CORSET-SHAPING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,774, dated May 11, 1886.

Application filed February 23, 1886. Serial No. 192,713. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SEYMOUR H. Rosan- BERG, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State'of Connecticut, have invented new Improvements in Corset- Shaping Machines; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, cleaiyand exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-- Figure 1, a top view, Fig. 2 an end view, Fig. 3 a side View, Fig. 4 a side view, and Fig. 5 a top view, of the rubber enlarged, showing the connection between the rubber and its lever.

This invention relates to an improvement in machines for shaping corsets, and is an improvement on the machine for which Letters Patent were granted to me October 27, 1885, No. 329,414.

The principle of the invention in my patent before referred to consisted in rubbing the corset down upon the former, in contradistinction to grasping the two edges of the corset and drawing it over the former. The same principle is involved in this present invention.

In my previous patent the apparatus was arranged above the bed or former.

The object of my present invention is such a construction of the rubbing devices that the mechanism may be placed below the former, and so that the rubbers will readily adjust themselves to the shape of the former; and it consist-s in the construction hereinafter de scribed, and more particularly recited in the claims.

A represents the bed of the machine, supported on suitablelegs. On the bed the former B is arranged, which, as here represented, is for one-half the corset. This former, as in my previous patent, is hollow, so as to admit steam or hot Water to heat the former. Steam is admitted, say, through an opening at C, with an exit at D. The former is made fast to the bed, and is of the shape required for the finished part of the corset, and so that the part of the corset to be finished may be readily placed thereon.

Upon each side of the former is a series of rubbers, a b 0. These rubbers are fixed to the upper ends of the levers, respectively, E F G. The levers extend down through openings in the bed, those of the series on one side being directly opposite the corresponding rubbers of the series on the other side, and forming pairs. Each lever of a pair is adjustably hung to one end of a horizontal lever, H. At a point near the lower edge of the former the lovers arehung upon a pivot or fulcrum, d, the pivot being stationary, the levers constructed with a corresponding slot, 6, and the slot is curved, so that in their descent the robbers are forced toward the former, and to come into contact with the corset on the former, as indicated in broken lines, Fig. 2, soon after they commence their descent, the shape of the slot being such that after arriving upon the surface of the corset the rubbers will be held in forcible contact therewith, and under such contact will be drawn over the surface of the corset, and thereby stretch the corset over the former under such rubbing action until, finally, the rubbers reach the extreme edges ofthe corset part on each side. set damp, the rubbing operation readily shapes the corset to the former, and the heat dries the corset during such rubbing operation, so that it retains the shape given it by the former.

The levers which connect the respective pairs of rubber-levers are hung midway between the rubber-levers to a shaft, I, (see Fig. 3,) and this shaft is connected to a pedal, L, below, as seen in Fig. 3, so that by placing the foot upon the pedal the shaft is drawn downward, and with it the rubbers. The 1e vers H, being hung to the shaft I, act as eveners between the rubber-levers, so that a like pressure will be exerted by the rubbers upon opposite sides.

To return the rubbers after they have been drawn down, I hang a weight, M, over a pulley, N, in connection with the shaft I, as shown, and so that as the shaft is drawn down the weight will be raised, and then when free .the Weight will serve to draw upthe shaft and The former being hot and the coradapt themselves to different formers, and adapt the range, of the machine to various shapes of corsets or corset parts.

The number of rubbers and their levers may be increased or diminished according to the requirements of the work to be done. Three, however, are sufficient for ordinary work.

The rubbers are best constructed as shown enlarged in Figs. 4 and 5. The active part c of the rubber is hung to theupper end of the lever by a loose link-connection, Z, so as to allowa considerable amount of play to the rubher, and a spring, m, supplied, the tendency of which isto force the rubber forward or-toward the former. This link-connection and spring produce a yielding pressure by the rubber, so that it may adapt itself to irregularities in its path as it works over the surface of the corset.

From the foregoing it will be understood that I do not claim, broadly, a heated former adapted to receive a corset part, having combined therewith rubbing devices adapted to work over the surface of the corset laid on the former andibring the said corset to the shape ofthe former; but

What I do claim is 1. The combination of a hollow former, B, adapted to receive steam or hot water therein, its outer surface corresponding to the shape of the part of the corset to be pressed, said former statiouary,aseries of rubbers arranged each side of the former attached to the upper end of levers, the said levers extending below theformer, each lever constructed with a vertical slot, e, and hung upon a fulcrum, d, through said slot, the said levers movable up and down upon their fulcrum, the said slots I curved, corresponding to the shape of the form- .er, and mechanism, substantially such as described, to impart up-and-down movement to said levers and the rubbers which they carry,

substantially as described, and whereby said corset on the former, and rub thereon to bring the corset to the shapeof the former.

2. The combination of the hollow former B, adapted to receive steam or hot water therein,

its outer surface corresponding to the shape of the part of the corset to be pressed, said former stationary, a series of levers, E F, &c.,

. on each side the former, the said levers carryimpart up-and-down movement to said levers H, substantially as specified.

3. The combination of a hollow former, B, adapted to receive steam or hot water therein, its outer surface corresponding to the shape of the part of the corset to be pressed, a series of levers, E F, &c., on each side the former, extending downward, and carrying at their upper ends, respectively, rubbers a b,the said levers each constructed with aslot, e,and hung upon a fulcrum, d, through said slots, said fulcrumsbeing below the former, and adjustable toward and from said former, the said levers extending below the fulcrum, with a lever, H, connecting the said levers on one side with corresponding levers on the opposite side, and mechanism, substantially such as described, to impart up-and-down movement to said levers and rubbers, substantially as specified.

SEYMOUR H. ROSENBERG. 

